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Tandem 'Macula' Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot
Tandem
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Tandem 'Macula' Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot - Yerri Valley, Navarra, Spain
Producer's Notes:
In Latin, a stain or mark; tâche in French, which we interpret as an indelible memory or unforgettable sensation. The macula is the small central spot in the retina that allows us to see clearly. Mácula is a powerful, concentrated, masculine wine of good length.
A wine with a deep burgundy red color, of good intensity. A very complex nose with delicate notes of spices: cloves, black pepper. Mineral, hints of mountain vegetation and scrubland, balsamic and dark chocolate notes .Powerful on the palate and rounded at the same time, with nuances of the Yerri Valley’s distinctive terroir where vines, woodland flowers and violets are found growing. A long finish, very elegant and fresh.
What We Say:
One of Bodega Tandem’s more ambitious and age-worthy reds, built around Bordeaux varieties but expressing the distinctive mountain-influenced terroir of the Yerri Valley in the Navarra region. It is a powerful, heavy wine, but the producer emphasizes preserving freshness and achieving refined tannins rather than simply making a heavy red.
The grapes enter the winery by gravity, moving from higher to lower levels using only their own weight instead of mechanical pumps, avoiding unnecessary pumping. The grapes then undergo a stretch of cold maceration before fermentation, which takes place at a controlled temperature of approximately 30–32°C. After fermentation, the wine is moved by gravity into underground concrete tanks, where it undergoes malolactic fermentation. It spends 24 months in concrete, allowing the wine to settle naturally, then receives 18 months in 300-liter French oak barrels. The wine is bottled by gravity with minimal filtration.
Grape Varietal: 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 50% Merlot
Style: Red - Dry, full-bodied, bold, structured, highly complex
Alcohol: 15%
Drink Window: Now - 10 years
Perfect For: Grilled Steak or burgers, roast lamb or pork chops, mushroom risotto or stuffed mushrooms, aged cheddar or parmesan
A heavy, cellar-worthy Navarra red that marries the power of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot with the mineral, herbal and floral character of the Yerri Valley.
